The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1887-01-07
+ FROM ~POPLARvILLE

. 1uG OuAlCt INo ONJ H@V NOAAF" 49,
gone. Tie weather was fine aud u
pleasant time enjoSed all over tow II.
/, The Christmas tree at the NJ. IL.
Church was u success, and as bad
been promised the Baptist Sunday
school united with the Methodist,
aud just such merry, happy crowd
of children has not been seen in
this part Of the country before.
Some very valuable and beautiful
presents were made through the
medium OF the Christ mas tree.
II Baby Long will keep his sus-
penders he may have u use for them
some day. Rams mOkey is a lively
little monster, and looks quite ma.
tural when jumping to the sound
of bis bugle. Our j. P.'s sling
shooter is a nice thing tor his Office,
and offers a fair warning to evil
doors to keep out of its range.
We want everybody to know that
we have u Of the l~vliest towns
on tho Northeastern Railroad. and
as soon as the people wake up to
the necessity OF a RAJ lway out
through the Pearl river valley from
here, no doubt this win bethe mast
important t0@n on the road. /
thlDk It safe to say, that nine tenths
OF the cotton from Hattiesbnrg
down comes frOm towards Pearl
river, and this is not Onc-fOurtll OF
what might come ii we had n branch
road. Mr.. Wilson was here from
Hattiesburg u few days since and
tried very hard 10 convert me to a
believer in the Gulf and Ship Isl
aud Railroad. | Il only hope If it
is ever built that it will DO Il sue
cess. This place is shipping Il
large quantity OF cotton now, some
day | will get the SgUTes and tell
yoO bow many bales.
Among the visitors here we note
Mr.. Jesse Abney, from COvington,
La. He is here ON II visit to his !
brother FL. q. Abney and one of his =,
who is going to Prof. .
Warren's school. Also that OF i
Mr.. Sam'l L. Moye, from Columbia. !
Mi. w. II. Seal, surveyor of Han .
cock county is here looking after /
lands Tor u party up north. |
Mr.. and Mrs. Baxter from Pearl
was at Mr.. Rawls comforta. ,
Die hOmp. The BatSOn brothers {
lIillSdale and Mr.. aDl Mrs. r
Johnson from ElliStille paid a Visit y
10 our friends Rev. j. NJ. Gam and :
his rstinIable lady. Rev. Il. Sclby !
back from conference aud will t
be stationed at West Meridian next +
Rev. j. N. Tucker will be- :
Iur pastor for the NJ. L. Church G
ensuing year. We are pleased b
o note IN this connection that Rov. 9
L. s. West is our presiding elder. :
We regret to learn that Mrs. ii. Ii
Hoffman at Derby is still very low. A
She has our sincere wishes and u
irayers for her recovery. Mr.. Rus :,
Smith is away 10 sweet old Ii
Gainesville, wtele he went to see c.
he y0ung Earl. During his visit
lc will attend elections Ot officers
u old Moses Cooks Lodge.
Some days since | RECEIVED Il j,
ipecimen copy of the New York
l must say | don't lIko is,
am snre it cant compare IN
VOrth 10 either of The great week ~
les OF New Orleans viz: the Plea. Ii
Hne or Times Democrat. Their Al
letters, London correspond a
nee, Washington news, Gotham =
iOssIp, their letters from Catherine IN
)Ole, Clara Belle, Henry HayMie or Il
bennett are better than the s.
verage Of the Ledger, and the price al
er year is about One.half as much. W
t seems TO me il ought to DO a C
Durce Of pride that the value Of ~
ne OF our Southern papers is equal, en-
not superior to anything they to
ave IN the North. in
We hope our Poplarville folks will IN
OF forget about the shade trees, Pr
nd plaut out an abundance of them oh
his winter. be
Tom Pete overheard Flunky Tom eli
one OF the boys for being r.,
/ u breakdown dance The other N,
ight. Flunky said "Jim, l fell p.
DTry for you slo,. | wish | could Us
Z in yo' place. IL | COLD been ar
ere | would shore have some fun.n tel
Pete says jim had the dry
very bad. =,
Tom Pete says pro.hi bition was
D a high lonesome during Christ.
MS. We have some very strong 10
here, besides there is some
ifi0us looking boxes comes by
Well Christmas comes
~ once n gear, and it's the last CO
,rt of it, too. The
! nearly forgot to mention that an'
bite & Long r putting np "a 9e
ammOth store, and are making q NJ.
at building Of IL. No doubt they Mc
III do an immense trade here an- log
her year. This place scored one ~ y
ben Dir. John Long hung up his Of /.
4 IN q town. foil
As there is no news like good olgl
wa, we would like 10 know the me me,
ndid opinion OF the DEMOCRAT. the
AR about tue Gulf & Ship Island cha
'ilroad, whether Its terminus is tnel
10 a. Shin N.n.- " =